Growing number of US airports use biometric facial recognition
Spokeo looked at which airports are using facial recognition software for security screenings, according to Customs and Border…
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Most Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft are back in service, but how safe are they?
Way.com explores the recent issues the Boeing 737 Max 9 has been having and what the impact on the aviation industry will be now that most are back…
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A new law aimed to increase voting access in rural counties. In South Texas it's having the opposite effect.
Votebeat looks at a new Texas state law that requires small counties to increase early voting days and hours and how some election officials are…
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Does Long COVID cause Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome? An analysis
Guava Health explains the complex post-pandemic relationship between Long COVID and postural orthostatic tachycardia…
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Average auto loan debt grew 5.2% in 2023. How will it affect car buyers in 2024?
Experian looked at its anonymized credit data to observe recent trends in auto financing and analyze how those trends may continue to affect car…
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Swisscom confirms talks to buy Vodafone’s Italian unit for 8B euros
GENEVA (AP) — Telecoms operator Swisscom has confirmed it’s in talks with Vodafone Group toward a possible purchase of its Italian subsidiary for…
Continue Reading Strikes halt trains and ferries in Greece a year after country’s worst rail disaster that killed 57
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Widespread strikes in Greece halted trains, ferries and much of the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street slips lower and bitcoin bounces higher
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday after a lackluster day on Wall Street, where selling…
Continue Reading Hong Kong lifts curbs on property market, to spend more on tourism
By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government is lifting some curbs on property deals after home prices fell to a…
Continue Reading Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press KUNA, Idaho (AP) — Idaho halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech on Wednesday after medical…
Continue Reading They’re a path to becoming governor, but attorney general jobs are now a destination, too
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Rather than trying to keep their seats in Congress, two of North Carolina’s U.S. representatives are vying for…
Continue Reading Thousands of public safety workers remember 3 slain Minnesota first responders as fallen heroes
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Thousands of law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics packed a Minnesota church…
Continue Reading Warlord involved in hundreds of murders repatriated to Colombia after serving US drug sentence
By ASTRID SUÁREZ and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian warlord Salvatore Mancuso has been returned to his native…
Continue Reading States offer services for disabled kids, then make their families wait 10 years for them
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The parents of hundreds of thousands of U.S. children with physical or intellectual disabilities…
Continue Reading Texas man who long claimed innocence is executed for the slayings of 2, including cousin
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who had long claimed his conviction more than 20 years…
Continue Reading Indonesia’s likely next president made 4-star general despite links to alleged human rights abuses
By EDNA TARIGAN and ACHMAD IBRAHIM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has awarded an honorary four-star…
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What Medicaid acceptance looks like at Texas substance use treatment centers
Ophelia analyzed data collected by the SAMHSA to illustrate Medicaid acceptance rates at Texas treatment…
Continue Reading An Italian family of three is back in Rome following two years of captivity in Mali
ROME (AP) — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was on hand Tuesday for the arrival in Rome of an Italian family of three just hours after…
Continue Reading FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer asks judge to reject 100-year recommended sentence
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer says a recommended sentence of 100 years in prison for the…
Continue Reading Many in Iran are frustrated by unrest and poor economy. Parliament elections could see a low turnout
By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is holding parliamentary elections this Friday, yet the real question may not be…
Continue Reading A key witness in the Holly Bobo murder trial is recanting his testimony, court documents show
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Court documents show that the star trial witness in the killing of a 20-year-old nursing…
Continue Reading US asylum measure aimed at curbing claims has limited impact given strained border budget
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Inside giant white tents that house about 1,000 migrants near Tucson International Airport,…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pleads for more ammunition at Albania summit of southeastern European nations
By LLAZAR SEMINI and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Ukraine’s president has pleaded for more ammunition to repel Russian…
Continue Reading A small drone flies into a damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor for the first time to study melted fuel
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A small drone has flown inside one of the damaged reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi…
Continue Reading Supreme Court to hear challenge to bump stock ban in high court’s latest gun case
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a challenge to a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden in defiant deposition blasts GOP, insists he did not involve his father in business
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden was defiant Wednesday in a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill, blasting a…
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Takeaways from the Michigan primaries
CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their respective primaries in Michigan on Tuesday, but a…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the Michigan primaries
CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their respective primaries in Michigan on Tuesday, but a…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the Michigan primaries
CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their respective primaries in Michigan on Tuesday, but a…
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Ysleta ISD’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy holds camp for aerospace technology
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ysleta ISD’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy held its third NASA MUREP (Minority University Research and Education…
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